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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Orange Buttercream
I am back! It’s been a very long hiatus but I’ve still been trying out recipes and cooking foods mentioned in the Simon Snow Series!
Today seemed a particularly good day to post, as Carry On Countdown is going on and today’s prompt is CAKE!!
This cake comes from chapter 89 of Any Way the Wind Blows and is courtesy of Lady Ruth Salisbury, of course.
“There’s chocolate cake with chocolate-orange butter cream.” (Simon POV, Ch 89, Any Way the Wind Blows, by Rainbow Rowell.)
I’ve made this cake a few times now. The family seems to love it for birthdays. It’s very rich, very dense and very good.
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Orange Buttercream
Ingredients
Cake:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup of canola oil
1 cup milk (I used lactose free)
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 cup orange juice (which I forgot to include in the picture)
Buttercream:
8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 oz shortening ( or more butter if you prefer, I used vegetable shortening) also at room temperature
3-4 cups powdered/ confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tsp orange zest
1 tbsp cornstarch
Method
Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease two 8-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper.
Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one large bowl.
Gently whisk the eggs in a separate bowl until yolks and whites are combined then add oil, milk, and vanilla then mix well. Save the boiling water and orange juice for a bit later.
Add the egg/milk/oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix.
Then add the boiling water and orange juice to the mixture.
Divide the batter evenly between the two cake pans.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center set and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack.
Buttercream:
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and allow to cool slightly
Whip the butter and the shortening until creamy
add orange juice and orange zest, mixing well
add 3 cups of powdered sugar, one at a time.
add cornstarch
add melted chocolate
add up to one more cup powdered sugar, to reach desired consistency (the first time I made it I ended up with the entire extra cup, last time I used 3/4)
if it feels too thick you may add a tablespoon more of orange juice
Place one of the cakes on a plate and cover top with buttercream. Gently place the second cake on top of the first and apply the buttercream liberally over the top and sides of cake. Slice and serve.
Enjoy!
Recipe with photos below!!
Ingredients (sorry the orange juice is MIA in the photo)
Cake:
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup of canola oil
1 cup milk (I used lactose free)
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 cup orange juice (which I forgot to include in the picture)
(dry ingredients in photo!)
Cake Method:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease two 8-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper.
Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in one large bowl.
Gently whisk the eggs in a separate bowl until yolks and whites are combined then add oil, milk, and vanilla then mix well.
Save the boiling water and orange juice for a bit later.
Add the egg/milk/oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix.
Then add the boiling water and orange juice to the mixture.
Divide the batter evenly between the two cake pans.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until center set and toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool on wire rack.
wet ingredients!
Cake cooling
Buttercream Ingredients:
(there is the orange juice!)
Buttercream:
8 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped, or 8 oz bittersweet chocolate chips
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
6 oz shortening ( or more butter if you prefer, I used vegetable shortening) also at room temperature
3-4 cups powdered/ confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tsp orange zest
1 tbsp cornstarch
shortening and butter
The buttercream!!!
Buttercream Method:
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and allow to cool slightly
Whip the butter and the shortening until creamy
add orange juice and orange zest, mixing well
add 3 cups of powdered sugar, one at a time.
add cornstarch
add melted chocolate
add up to one more cup powdered sugar, to reach desired consistency (the first time I made it I ended up with the entire extra cup, last time I used 3/4)
if it feels too thick you may add a tablespoon more of orange juice
Putting the cake together:
A slice of cake:
Enjoy the cake!
@carryon-countdown
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My sort of maybe embarrassing “late to the game” thing I’m learning now is how to tell if oil has gone bad.
I feel like most other foods have obvious visual tells like mold or they end up smelling foul and obviously bad. But I was googling about oil and the internet says “if it smells like crayons, it’s bad” which would not have been my first guess. And I tested it out on my somewhat old sesame oil and was like “by god, I would describe this as smelling like crayons”
Anyway protip if your old oil smells kinda like crayons it’s probably no good 🖍️
#which is a shame since I have a recipe that needs sesame oil#so now I have to go get more sesame oil#and I like the good kind which the nearby grocery store doesn’t carry
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My own lil hc for the replicators is that they can only hold a certain amount of recipes but you can have a separate device to download recipes on that you can plug into the replicator and it’ll work on all of them (like a usb thing)
Which is great if you have a ton of allergies, or you know that whichever replicator you’re gonna be around aren’t gonna have too many recipes for your species, or even just if you like having certain comfort recipes (like you know at some point you’re gonna crave salmon), or like a common dish in every replicator always has unsalted butter but you prefer salted butter or something like that, etc etc etc
But everyone always forgets they can do that, they’re like “aw man :( guess I just have to deal with what’s already pre-coded into the replicator :((“
#Star Trek#replicators#this is one of those things I pretend exists#so that one of my ‘oc from the 21st century who somehow made it into the future’#can find out about#because they’re having to manually learn all this new future stuff#they carry a device full of comfort recipes clipped to their belt#they seem so put together to other characters because they know neat tricks like that#but at all times they’re freaking out internally about if they’re fitting in or if it’s obvious they’re from the past
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Everything you need to know about the Lady Ruth's Recipes charity zine:
What is it?
It's a Carry On themed charity zine supporting Planned Parenthood! There are over 20 recipes (submitted by people within the fandom) and each recipe is accompanied with either a fic or a piece of art (and sometimes both!) that features the food from the recipe. It will be available in digital form only.
The stories and art cover a wide range of characters and relationships from the Carry On universe. And the entirety of the content is rated G or T.
When does it come out?
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"everyone's going back to their haikyuu phase" I've been here for like seven years actually
#💬nia.rambles#i think about it and bkak every day what do u guys mean u stopped for jjk. u didnt just slap that into the list of thoughts ?#most games and movies and shows come and go but haikyuu...he is in my home. he has a room here#i gave him his own bathroom. i bring him breakfast in bed. we tell each other about our days in the evening#we go on walks and learn new recipes and he takes off my glasses and carries me to bed when i fall asleep at my desk#he's both an old friend i greet at the bus stop before carrying on and the first friend i text when something crazy happens#i give him a little kiss on the forehead while i pass his spot on the couch and he gets extra snacks for me on his way home#Haikyuu......u will always be famous
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I was chopping an onion for dinner just now and got to wondering. Plus I've never made a poll, so this will be fun.
* Green onions are used differently than the other kinds so I debated leaving them off the list, but I'm a completist.
"Cooking" can mean eating raw in salads, etc. Or if you don't cook, then your favorite to eat.
#I grew up with sweet onions (the grocery store typically carries Vidalia but I buy whatever's in stock)#I use them for everything#even when a recipe calls for others...except I do like pickled red onions#I appreciate that they taste good raw and perform just as well as yellow in cooking (IMO)#why yes I did grow up and still live in the South in a state bordering Georgia (home of the Vidalia onion)#because of this I never understood why onion/raw onion was so offputting to so many people#until I had a raw yellow onion when I was maybe a late teenager and though “yeah I can see how this might be divisive”#if you hate onions but want to like them consider trying a sweet one#you might enjoy it!#cooking#onions
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Day 20: Flowers
first quote from CO and second from For All Intents and Purposes
not directly as it is in the book, but-> "It's been centuries since the Pitches ate faeries. You can't even find faeries anymore. And it's not because we ate them all." (Baz speaking)
-> "He returns to tending the glowing fae-sies. Maybe he hopes to lure the faeries back." (Simon speaking. "He" = Malcolm)
(I just love all the magically plants and stuff in the third chapter. It's really fun. I think the fae-sies are silly)
#COC 2023#Carry On Countdown#messy again today. I should have more time starting this saturday tho#don't ask what type of recipe it is#lets just pretend it makes sense
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no i didn't just spend a good 2-3 hours organizing my- and my partner's characters' inventories
noooo, I didn't forget to eat lunch because I was so busy sorting imaginary potions into digital pouches and deciding which fictional character gets to carry the pixel-backpack that holds all the pretend-spellscrolls
what are you talking about, that never happened
(that's exactly what happened)
#squirrel plays bg3#but iona at least now has another 20kgs that she can carry#and Astarion's inventory doesn't look like he has just.... poison vials and healing arrows rattling together precariously#because that sounds like a recipe for disaster#tbf tho if someone needs Astarion to heal them that means Jaheira is down and in that case the rest of us have been dead for a solid tenday#in my partner's game gale was cursed and karlach had just been carrying around brilgor's corpse for a solid 15 in-game days#and he just. didn't notice either of those things#glitch plays bg3#didn't notice that gale was stuck at 95 hp#didn't notice that karlach's carryweight had like 75 extra kgs because of the CORPSE#i'm glad he let me organize it but jfc#i keep saying that this man has permanent disadvantage on all perception checks but like. irl
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every time i hear carry me out i have to act like a normal person
#such a gorgeous song#heartbreaking though#reminds me of otasune and satosugu which is a recipe for fucking disaster#zad talks#mitski#carry me out
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Peanut sauce and jelly…AS god intended.
You saw the Swedish Fish in your ramen post and just decided to go for it huh~
Joke's on you, because this has been in the back of my mind for years. I'll see what I can do after the new year <3
#uh this is referring to jellyfish fyi#and that post on jellyfish consumption wot's been going around#anyway I first thought about this in undergrad?#did a presentation on eating invasive species#and found a recipe for jellyfish in peanut sauce#the trick is finding an east asian grocery that carries jellyfish#bc my local one is...not very good
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'chicken tacos in the crock pot at home chicken tacos for dinner tonight' was what kept me going today....
#when there were one set of footprints the chicken tacos carried me#the best most bomb ass chicken tacos for dinner tonight!#I almost have the recipe memorized but even still I KEEP the tab open on my phone#that's how often I make em lmao they're SO GOOD#erin explains it all
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COMING SOON!
Cover art by @penpanoply
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Went for a walk in the park this morning! Decided to go a different way than usual (usually I go to this really foresty part and just wander amongst the trees, but this time I figured I'd shake it up) which was kind of a bad idea bc the sun was in my eyes almost the whole time, but I also ended up walking a lot further from the parking lot than usual!
Discovered the memorial forest I always see while driving but haven't actually been in. Apparently there's a tree there for my mom's friend who died of cancer a long time ago, but I don't know her full name so I couldn't find her on the memorial.
Saw some gorgeous fall colours on the way back! And then I couldn't figure out which way to go so I passed this couple with a rowdy dog (they were trying to teach it not to react to pedestrians but it was clearly still learning lol) and went up a hill....and discovered that was the wrong way to go, but didn't want to trouble the couple again so instead of going back down the hill I decided to take this extremely sketchy bike path instead:
My calves are not happy but I didn't fall on my ass so that's a victory!
Then the path disappeared and I was basically stuck on the wrong side of the river. At least I found some pretty moss and a wasp nest (?)
Eventually I realized I was on the opposite side of the river I always walk past when I go through the foresty part of the park, have always wondered what was on the other side lmao. The answer is a dead-end probably decommissioned bike path and some very thick underbrush (will have to do a really thorough tick check). Couldn't find a bridge (and didn't want to crash through the brush any more than I had to) so I found this improvised stepping stone path and somehow made it across without dunking myself:
Annnnd eventually made it back to the parking lot!
Can't believe I walked that far in like an hour round-trip, if I walked along the proper sidewalks it would take over an hour. Apparently Fish Creek Park is the secret shortcut to cover large distances through the city lmao.
#walked almost all the way to the greenhouse where i want to get a pot for my monstera but i left my wallet behind#not that I'd want to carry a giant ceramic pot through the park anyway#this was fun tho! sometimes (often) its worth convincing yourself to leave the house#annnnd then i got groceries to get a few things i need for recipes this week and now I'm going to have a lil housework day#which is extremely necessary bc I'm almost completely out of underwear
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I have managed to create a palak paneer so salty that I think by the end of the week my insides will be fully withered and dried. How, you ask? Well, you see, the recipe said to put in two tablespoons of salt, and I, like a fool, obliged
#'percy why didn't you taste—' NO#RECIPE'S JOB IS TO TELL ME CORRECT NUMBERS I AM JUST A LITTLE GUY CARRYING OUT INSTRUCTIONS#this is why i hate cooking and don't mind baking btw#baking would never betray me like this#anyways the only problem with my otherwise great meal scheme of I Cook For The Whole Week is that if i mess up then i have to live with it#for a much longer time than if i did not cook for the whole week#but whatever it is what it is#also yes in theory my fickle tumblrblocker is in place but in practice it seems to be letting me on much more often#i guess there's a reason i've dubbed it 'fickle' :///#perce rambles
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our oven in this new unit is actively hostile it's a hater absolutely
#im going to have to adjust all of my recipes because everyythinggg is either slightly burned or undercooked#like recipes that have been carried across multiple states through multiple years and MULTIPLE OVENS
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ok before i go take on eri again uhhhh hey does anyone know where i can get any max revives
#they would’ve been so helpful here#they carried me in that last battle in pla#but you could always just buy them anywhere in pla and you could buy the recipe to craft them yourself too#but i have only ever had one max revive in this game i’m pretty sure i just randomly picked it up by chance#already used it while attempting to defeat eri last night#goldie’s pokémon violet liveblog
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